OK here goes with the Deer Hair Emerger
Dressing:
Hook - Kamasan B110
Thread - brown ( Power Silk is my choice)
Thorax - hare's ear underfur
Rib- Tag end of tying thread
Wing - deer hair (roe or coastal deer)
Thorax - spiky hair from hare's ear
1 - Wind thread down the hook to the end of the bend, leaving a long tag for the rib, and wind back up to the tying in point for the wing
2- Snip off a thin bunch of deer hair
3 - Even up the tips of the hair in the stacker and hold at the tying in point. The length of the wing is no more than twice the length from the tying in point to the eye
4 - Pinch and loop to start tying in the wing with loose turns getting tighter as you proceed down. The hair will flare a bit at this point but you will bunch it up again later.
5 - Trim off the butt ends of the hair, careful not to cut the tag end of the tying thread, and run the thread down to the bottom of the shank.
6 - Dub the abdomen starting at the bottom. As you reach the wing, bunch up the hair and take a couple of turns of thread to keep it in place.
7 - Run up the tag end of thread as the rib and tie off in front of the wing. If you are using power silk it is very slippery so double over and wrap again before cutting.
8- Run the thread to just behind the eye and begin dubbing back towards the wing. Wrap in tight to hold the wing in place.
9 - Wind the thread back through the dubbing to the eye and whip finish. That's it
